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is willing to do that whether or not under the obama administration or from a wince of the face of dilemma that were not going to commit ourselves until we know who were given the arms too. we don't want them to end up being used against france in the region are essentially. >> host: david lesch, author of "syria: the fall of the house of assad," professor of middle east history at trinity university. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> mexican president felipe calderon applauded president upon the's new policy allowing qualified young illegal immigrants to avoid deportation. president calderon spoke at the council on foreign relations today in washington d.c. he also talked about drug trafficking and the movement of weapons across the u.s.-mexico border. this is about an hour. >> we are so very honored to have the president of mexico, felipe calderon. and before we get started, let me say that this meeting is on the record and it is communicated to me or a video conference. so we beg you, turn off all wireless devices, phones, but varies. not to vibrate, but off, really off
is willing to do that whether or not under the obama administration or from a wince of the face of dilemma that were not going to commit ourselves until we know who were given the arms too. we don't want them to end up being used against france in the region are essentially. >> host: david lesch, author of "syria: the fall of the house of assad," professor of middle east history at trinity university. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> mexican president...
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we founded the obama administration the strength of the renewed cooperation to face the common problems under the principles of shared response of the. but there is no doubt that much more must be done. particularly when it comes to dismantling the financial operation of criminal organizations in the u.s. and reducing the american demand. we should get to the root of the problem which is the increasing demand for the legal growth in the u.s.. as long as the market continues to growing money will keep flowing to the pockets of the criminals. and of course the best way will be to reduce the demand in the u.s.. but frankly speaking that is not possible. alternative solutions must be considered for the massive profits of the criminal organizations, and that includes the market alternatives that prevent drug trafficking and were causing so much violence. there is another problem that has become vital to the security of mexico and many other nations. how did the uncontrolled weapons to the criminal organizations. with limited access to key factor in the strength of the criminal organizations
we founded the obama administration the strength of the renewed cooperation to face the common problems under the principles of shared response of the. but there is no doubt that much more must be done. particularly when it comes to dismantling the financial operation of criminal organizations in the u.s. and reducing the american demand. we should get to the root of the problem which is the increasing demand for the legal growth in the u.s.. as long as the market continues to growing money...
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i thought that something could have happened at the beginning of obama administration, but it has not been possible. and then the events that took place in 2011 continue to happened. [inaudible] it looks like if the palestinian issue was caught. now, we have on the table now the israelis with concentrate on the question of iran, and they claim they are open, i mean ready to open, but that doesn't happen. .. has had we have the possibility of having the new key for to get the solution. the second thing you have said is very important. really what we have a lowden who bought rain to happen that is true. but, it is true that a lot of things have changed. the gulf countries have not changed. it is true that the grain will be in a difficult situation. it is true that bob crane nothing would happen. we know that. but saudi arabia should be more open and given some permission to balance the situation and with a majority of rule by the minority and it is shared. with about it has been placed. we wouldn't see a transformation over the gulf. some of these questions would not be resolved and the
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we have three guests from the obama administration. critical of all had positions on the obama administration. if i believe you are all on the advisory committee for the reelection campaign. if so, you are political as well as foreign policy experts. i will introduce them one at a time. as i introduce them, i will put a question to each of them in his or her area of expertise. and then, having done that, we will open it up to questions from you. first, i will start with a doug wilson who has served as the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs from 2009 to 2012. he is a distinguished fellow of media and public affairs at george washington university. let me ask you this. it relates to the chart we just saw. why, for the first time in a generation, to voters prefer democrats to republicans on foreign policies? is that the elimination of osama bin laden or is there more to it? >> i think it is both. if this administration and democrats have basically proven to be of things. for one, that we can be tough. the president can and
we have three guests from the obama administration. critical of all had positions on the obama administration. if i believe you are all on the advisory committee for the reelection campaign. if so, you are political as well as foreign policy experts. i will introduce them one at a time. as i introduce them, i will put a question to each of them in his or her area of expertise. and then, having done that, we will open it up to questions from you. first, i will start with a doug wilson who has...
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that is a step the obama administration has decided against taking. the obama administration has applied pressure where necessary filing international trade cases and other products. officials say with the u.s. searching china's currency has appreciated and manufacturers may like this increasingly tough talk on china american importers that rely on chinese-made products sell in the united states. >> john snow under president bush, a currency manipulator, tried to manipulate or at least soften what was happening in china but this is not incumbent or maybe he is right that you can't really tell china what to do. what you looking at? liz: senator chuck schumer sale of spike in the number of truckers crashing into bridgees and overpasses on highways where they don't belong. eight of ten of these crashes was two hundred year is caused by truckers being misdirected by global positioning satellites that wrongly put them on parkways where they should not be. senator chuck schumer weighing in. >> the gps directed me on it and many truckers do not know that the
that is a step the obama administration has decided against taking. the obama administration has applied pressure where necessary filing international trade cases and other products. officials say with the u.s. searching china's currency has appreciated and manufacturers may like this increasingly tough talk on china american importers that rely on chinese-made products sell in the united states. >> john snow under president bush, a currency manipulator, tried to manipulate or at least...
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on one hand the obama administration has vowed to end it. while on the other hand a handful of companies are pushing ahead with new plants. president obama -- clean coal. house republicans say regulations he enacted will both hurt the industry and economy. the house passed a bill to significantly deleg rate the coal industry. are the epa regulations justified or not? we have daniel weiss, senior fellow for center for american progress action fund and lauren steffy, houston sent.mnist for the -- sentinel. thanks for joining me. do you think there is war on clean coal. do you agree with that? >> absolutely not. there is no war on coal. there however are cheaper cleaner al turn testifies to -- alternatives to coal like cheaper natural gas and utilities decide to use them. natural gas use gone up 50% in the past four years because gas is really cheap. if you add in the cost of all the health impacts of coal, natural gas is even more favorable. melissa: okay. >> there is no war on coal. melissa: something is going on, lauren, if half a dozen coal
on one hand the obama administration has vowed to end it. while on the other hand a handful of companies are pushing ahead with new plants. president obama -- clean coal. house republicans say regulations he enacted will both hurt the industry and economy. the house passed a bill to significantly deleg rate the coal industry. are the epa regulations justified or not? we have daniel weiss, senior fellow for center for american progress action fund and lauren steffy, houston sent.mnist for the --...
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i just don't think that in this case, particularly given, the obama administration track record with companies like range fuels, deacon power, solyndra that now we're going to give a loan guarantee to a company like this at a time when the solar pd to the solar market is just getting crushed. cheryl: want to throw one more thing india. we found up from three of their scaling back of electric vehicles. you're being told over and over that is where tax incentives to go. >> "usa today", seven and a half billion dollars of the next seven years is going to eat. you do the math and it works out to $45,000 per elector vehicle. we can give consumers 10,000 gallons of gasoline and still have money ahead. it is just more money after bad. cheryl: subatomic today, one of my colleagues, this is why test the will make it and no one else will, but you have to spend $400,000 for car. it makes you very much. >> thanks. cheryl: fired up about this or any of the issues that we talked about the program, send an e-mail, kate five gerri@foxbusiness.com. >> pain at the pump is easing down a bit. from a muc
i just don't think that in this case, particularly given, the obama administration track record with companies like range fuels, deacon power, solyndra that now we're going to give a loan guarantee to a company like this at a time when the solar pd to the solar market is just getting crushed. cheryl: want to throw one more thing india. we found up from three of their scaling back of electric vehicles. you're being told over and over that is where tax incentives to go. >> "usa...
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administration kind of off the hook for how they missed the ba on this. this was a planned attack. melissa: right. >> he had u.n. ambassador on a week and a half ago saying this was spontaneous attack that is ridiculous statement. these were grenades that were propelled in a massive way. these were massive arms. people don't bring these things to, to spontaneous demonstrations. now all this evidence is coming out that the ambassador himself had, had a diary in which he was worried about exactly this kind of attack a week before. so why does he put the emphasis on this video? puts emphasis on the video because people are not asking questions because he had compliant media. had he not taken eye off the ball when he captured bin laden, when he theoretically from his point of view drove al qaeda back and they convinced themselves was much bigger than the case. president gave a victory lap. gave material to hollywood to make himself a superhero. i believe they were not paying attention to islamic extremism terrorism. they were looking to asia. we pulled out of
administration kind of off the hook for how they missed the ba on this. this was a planned attack. melissa: right. >> he had u.n. ambassador on a week and a half ago saying this was spontaneous attack that is ridiculous statement. these were grenades that were propelled in a massive way. these were massive arms. people don't bring these things to, to spontaneous demonstrations. now all this evidence is coming out that the ambassador himself had, had a diary in which he was worried about...
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lou: the obama administration apparently no longer content to simply raise taxes in this country. speaking to the global initiative, the clinton global initiative yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton on raising taxes on the wealthy. >> one of the issues that i have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites in every country. around the world the elites of every country are making money. there are rich people everywhere . yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries. lou: rich everywhere. well, secretary clinton, we know it is called the clinton global initiative, but taxes for the entire globe. not a modest initiative, certainly. secretary of state hillary clinton. my next guest says instead of comparing president obama with governor romney, it's more revealing to compare obama with obama contrasting his record versus his rhetoric starting with his pledge to create more transparency in government. joining a senior fellow with the hoover institution and author of this recent. [talking over
lou: the obama administration apparently no longer content to simply raise taxes in this country. speaking to the global initiative, the clinton global initiative yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton on raising taxes on the wealthy. >> one of the issues that i have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites in every country. around the world the elites of every country are making money. there are rich people...
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but what about the situation about how the obama administration handled this? we have learned at cnn that the u.s. consulate in benghazi did not meet standard u.s. consulate security requirements. this is obviously a rather damning thing to be discovering at this point, considering what ended up happening there. jon huntsman told me he thinks consulates there who are not beefed up on security, shouldn't the administration be responding to that? >> i think the administration is responding to it. the state department goes to regular security procedures all over the world and updates them to take into account how the situation on the ground changes. i spent a lot of time in iraq and as we were transitioning from our military presence there to the state department presence there, we looked very closely at the security procedures at our consulates and embassies. so i expect in the aftermath of these incidents, there will be another review and steps will be taken to improve security where needed. >> let's talk about libya and the mixed messages. it still seems confus
but what about the situation about how the obama administration handled this? we have learned at cnn that the u.s. consulate in benghazi did not meet standard u.s. consulate security requirements. this is obviously a rather damning thing to be discovering at this point, considering what ended up happening there. jon huntsman told me he thinks consulates there who are not beefed up on security, shouldn't the administration be responding to that? >> i think the administration is responding...
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. >> you were again, critical, of the obama administration. >> i have never seen nor perfect candidate and i was not perfect. i will always speak out, but if you read the article today and my other utterances, it has always been stated that i am still on the obama train. i will explain why. >> we would definitely like you to do that. if you address the question of the red lione. tell us what you said last week. >> i was incensed, as i believe every american was, what occurred in both egypt and libya. in egypt, the embassy was overrun with cops. they did not ran away -- run away. the libyan cops ran away, didn't protect the embassy and worst of all, the ambassador was killed, so to speak. i don't know exactly how. along with three other consulate personnel. i did not believe the american response was adequate. the american embassy in egypt initially put out a statement that was denunciatory of the video that some muslims were saying was the reason for the attack. it was not sufficiently denunciatory of the egyptian government, in my judgment. hillary put out a magnificent statement that
. >> you were again, critical, of the obama administration. >> i have never seen nor perfect candidate and i was not perfect. i will always speak out, but if you read the article today and my other utterances, it has always been stated that i am still on the obama train. i will explain why. >> we would definitely like you to do that. if you address the question of the red lione. tell us what you said last week. >> i was incensed, as i believe every american was, what...
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the administration -- but romney and obama believe in supporting the opposition. i think this administration has recognized that the most important thing we can do is create a unified political opposition so that the when the sovereign regime falls, we will have a transition as soon as possible. without a clear exit strategy, which by the way it romney said it is how he would think about military affairs, the president understands we need to keep all options on the table and be cautious about it. there are many ways to make the situation worse, rather than better. we want to get the diplomatic contacts read so that there can be a smooth transition while also -- diplomatic context so that there can be a switcsmooth transition. this administration has been at the forefront on putting pressures on the regime. i am not sure that romney will read position is that much different. >> i will open it up to questions from the press. >> one of the country that was mentioned was -- i guess the question i have is, if obama has a second term, how long could to go before you had
the administration -- but romney and obama believe in supporting the opposition. i think this administration has recognized that the most important thing we can do is create a unified political opposition so that the when the sovereign regime falls, we will have a transition as soon as possible. without a clear exit strategy, which by the way it romney said it is how he would think about military affairs, the president understands we need to keep all options on the table and be cautious about...
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governor romney says president obama has failed to lead the region into a more secure future the president told the united nations that the administration can only go responsibly so far to influence and encourage fledgling democracies. >> just as we can not solve every problem in the world the united states has not and will not seek to dick kate the outcome of democratic transitions abroad. >> speaking at clinton global initiative republican challenger mitt romney said the obama administration is loading control in the middle east. >> a lot of americans, including myself, are developed, excuse me, troubled by developments in the middle east. we somehow feel we're at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. >> there are international disagreements focused on trade with china, with romney charging the administration is soft on chinese trade and currency violationlations. the admin -- administration points out it charged levees on products from china and encourages acting on currency which they say is slowing happening. ashley: rich edson, thanks so much. tracy: should the federal gove
governor romney says president obama has failed to lead the region into a more secure future the president told the united nations that the administration can only go responsibly so far to influence and encourage fledgling democracies. >> just as we can not solve every problem in the world the united states has not and will not seek to dick kate the outcome of democratic transitions abroad. >> speaking at clinton global initiative republican challenger mitt romney said the obama...
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nnoblun meormer baor three administrations most recently the obama white house. he's a middle east diplomacy analyst for msnbc and with the washington institute. so dennis, what about the speech today and the criticism you've heard from dan senor that the president is cmuniti wesslmin the military threat off the table by privately communicating and signaling that we really, really don't want to go to war? >> well, i don't think he did that in today's eech. i don't think he personally has done it. he has made it car the ctisreioot containment, meaning we will prevent an iran from having nuclear weapons, not simply contain and live with it if it gets it. that has an implication if diplomacy fas. number two, there's been a dramatic buildup in terms of our lflitary forces in theersi avwori battle groups in the persian gulf. the question is, is iran under pressure to affect their behavior? obviously the president has succeeded in putting together a coalition that has put iran over enormous pressure economically, military, says and said it again today, that he would li
nnoblun meormer baor three administrations most recently the obama white house. he's a middle east diplomacy analyst for msnbc and with the washington institute. so dennis, what about the speech today and the criticism you've heard from dan senor that the president is cmuniti wesslmin the military threat off the table by privately communicating and signaling that we really, really don't want to go to war? >> well, i don't think he did that in today's eech. i don't think he personally has...
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i remember the first couple of months of the president obama's administration. i ran to the bit, too many things happening too fast. first t.a.r.p., auto industry, stimulus, home modification and the deficits are going up, up, up. so i blew a valve on it. what would it be like to have this president with a lame duck scenario where he has no governor, where he can do without the notion that he has to get re-elected again. do you see this as a big market issue, in terms of dividend taxes, obama care, taxes and higher fees there? >> i most certainly do. i think he's going to try to push his agenda. some people want to look back too the clinton years when he lost big time in the midterms just as obama did. >> november '93. >> clinton gave ground. obama has given no ground. i don't know there's any indication he'll give any ground this time. that's a big mistake if that's the case. i hope not. but it appears that's a real possibility. >> how times have changed. i thought mitt romney had a bit of a -- he could do a bit of a "saturday night live" skit, he had some good
i remember the first couple of months of the president obama's administration. i ran to the bit, too many things happening too fast. first t.a.r.p., auto industry, stimulus, home modification and the deficits are going up, up, up. so i blew a valve on it. what would it be like to have this president with a lame duck scenario where he has no governor, where he can do without the notion that he has to get re-elected again. do you see this as a big market issue, in terms of dividend taxes, obama...
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and spokesman for mitt romney says the obama administration should formally their china a currency manipulator. semiannual report due on the topic released by treasury in mid october. >> it had stopped for a while and yuan was slowly moving up, but then with all the pressures with their economy, it's kind of turned around. >> when you start messing around with china as a political football on either side, election nearing and -- >> and tensions between china and japan got pretty bad. i heard the lexus is going to be slowing down production because wealthy people don't want to buy a japanese luxury sedan. >> a lot of people that were wealthy aren't quite as wealthy as they used to be. i think trump was always railing about china, too. >> in other news out of washington, the white house is reportedly prepare to go direct federal agencies to develop guidelines for owners of power, water and other infrastructure facilities. it would give the agencies 90 days to propose new regulations and create a new cyber security council at the department of homeland security. and president obama will be addres
and spokesman for mitt romney says the obama administration should formally their china a currency manipulator. semiannual report due on the topic released by treasury in mid october. >> it had stopped for a while and yuan was slowly moving up, but then with all the pressures with their economy, it's kind of turned around. >> when you start messing around with china as a political football on either side, election nearing and -- >> and tensions between china and japan got...
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so today's speech was not a great moment in the obama presidency. that's for sure. >> colin, what do you take -- think about this claim that al qaeda is weakened? certainly in some regards it is, at least when it comes to afghanistan. but in africa, extremist groups linked to al qaeda in some way, shape or form, they are certainly on the rise. so what do you think about the truth of the statement overall? >> it's absolutely true. it's objectively true. besides the fact that osama bin laden is now dead, more senior leaders in al qaeda have been removed from the battlefield in the last three-and-a-half years than in any comparable period since 9/11. and it's not just in afghanistan and pakistan. it's also in yemen, it's in somalia. and it's -- and it's elsewhere. so i think you're right that there are still affiliates of al qaeda that are active, and we still relentlessly pursue them. but there is no question that al qaeda is a weaker organization today than when president obama took office, and i think that the american people know that. and that's o
so today's speech was not a great moment in the obama presidency. that's for sure. >> colin, what do you take -- think about this claim that al qaeda is weakened? certainly in some regards it is, at least when it comes to afghanistan. but in africa, extremist groups linked to al qaeda in some way, shape or form, they are certainly on the rise. so what do you think about the truth of the statement overall? >> it's absolutely true. it's objectively true. besides the fact that osama...
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obama after the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya. in the end, could you argue that romney's tactic proves successful? it did change the conversation. at least about libya. >> yeah. find it -- fascinating that so many people are talking about romney had a gaffe. it turns out he was right. that one that it was wrong to put pout an n a statement -- criticizing the -- apologizing for the video which the administration continued to do and obama will do again today in his u.n. speech. but also, you know, who had the foreign policy gaffes? it has been president obama. president obama went on "60 minutes" and called what's happening in the middle east bumps in the road. first ambassador killed since 1979 is a bum open the rop on t? >> mr. obama came back and said bumps in the road meant there is going to be problems in the middle east you have to deal with. >> i'm sure -- >> i'm just trying to be fair. >> i'm sure he tried to spin it. well, no. i mean, the thing is no one is fair when mitt romney supposedly makes a gaffe that turns out not t
obama after the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya. in the end, could you argue that romney's tactic proves successful? it did change the conversation. at least about libya. >> yeah. find it -- fascinating that so many people are talking about romney had a gaffe. it turns out he was right. that one that it was wrong to put pout an n a statement -- criticizing the -- apologizing for the video which the administration continued to do and obama will do again today in his u.n. speech. but...